vest
n. 马甲; 防护衣; 内衣; (印有运动员编号的)运动背心
A vest is a piece of underwear which you can wear on the top half of your body in order to keep warm.
A vest is a sleeveless piece of clothing with buttons which people usually wear over a shirt.
If something is vested in you, or if you are vested with it, it is given to you as a right or responsibility.
All authority was vested in the woman, who discharged every kind of public duty...
女性被赋予了所有权力,履行所有公共职责。
The mass media have been vested with significant power as social and political agents in modern developed societies...
在现代发达社会中,作为社会和政治媒介,大众传媒被赋予了很大的权力。
1. a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat
2. a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body
1. provide with power and authority;
2. place (authority, property, or rights) in the control of a person or group of persons;
3. become legally vested;
4. clothe oneself in ecclesiastical garments
5. clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes
play (或keep)one's cards close to one's vest
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So he changed the Governor's vest to the colony.
于是他就换了总督的马甲,去了殖民地.
The man scarcely looked at him, fished in his vest pocket and took out a dime.
这人看也不看他一眼, 伸手去摸背心口袋,掏出一枚1角银币.
His trousers were too short and his coat and vest too loose.
他的裤子太短,外套和背心又太肥大.
In his room, Luca unlocked the trunk beneath the bed and took out a bulletproof vest.
路加在自己的房间里打开床底下的箱子,取出防弹衣.
He wore a woollen vest beneath his shirt.
他衬衫里面穿着一件羊毛背心.